Improvement in apparatus for detaching horses from vehicles



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS Y. VANOLEAVE, OF OOBNEBSVILLE, TENNESSEE.

IMPROVEMENT lN APPARATUS FOR DETACHlNG HORSES FROM VEHICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 135,177, dated January21, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, THoMAs Y.VANoLEAvE, of Gornersville, in the county ofMarshall and in the State of Tennessee, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Vehicles; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of referencemarked thereon making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists, first, in a device for attachingand detaching shafts or poles 5 and, second, in an apron-roller andapron-cover attached to the dash, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the saine, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure I is a perspective view of so much of a vehicle as will fullyshow my invention, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a partof the same.

A represents the front axle of a vehicle, and .B B are the shafts. C isa lever, which extends down in front of the dash, and its lowerend,being bent at right angles toward the rear,

` passes through the center of the axle, and on the rear side of theaxle the end of said lever is attached to two short levers, a a. Betweenthe ends of these short levers a a. are attached two sliding rods, D D,which pass in opposite directions along the rear side of the axlethrough guide-loops b b. The outer end of each rod D is bent down underthe axle A and up in front of the axle. It is then bent outward andpasses through ears d d, between which the end of the shaft B isinserted, the

end of the rod D act-ing instead of a bolt to hold the shaft between theears. By turning the lever C the sliding rods D D are drawn out of theears d d, loosening the shafts from the vehicle; or, in place ot'shafts, a pole may be attached and detached in the same manner. At theends of the short levers a a are also pivoted two other sliding rods,GG, which pass out through guide-loops e, and are thrown outward at thesame time as the rods D D are thrown inward, and the ends of the rods GG catch on lugs or projections fi on the sides of the hubs H H,therebylocking the front wheels. I represents the metal dash, at thelower edge of which is located the apron-roller h, and this roller isinclosed by a cover, J. The apron is fastened to the roller h and rolledaround up under the apron-cover J, which protects the apron from thedust, and the apron can be easily drawn out or rolled up at will.

I am aware that various devices have been employed for detaching thehorse from the shafts, hence I make no broad claim for such as myinvention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the axle A, of the angular lever O, arms c a, rodsD D andG G, loops b b, ears d d, shaft-clips e c, and the hubs H H withstops t' c', all constructed andoperating substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this18th day of November, 1872.

THOMAS Y. VANGLEAVE.

Witnesses:

J. A. HARRIS, J. M. HAYNEs.

